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MACHINE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF STICK CANDY. No. 318,454. Patented May26, 1885.

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MACHINE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF STICK CANDY. No. 818,454. Patented May26, 1885.

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JAMES J. GOUSINS, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 318,454, dated May 26,1885.

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To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

' Be it known that I, J lures Josnrrr COUSINS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco andState of California, have invented a new and useful Machine for theManufacture of Stick- Oandy, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a machine that will form thecandy into the desired size of stick, and at the same time impart thenecessary twist to it, so that it may be cut into the desired length orpieces for the market. I accomplish this object by the mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a sideelevation. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view taken on line a b of Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a front elevation.

Similar letters of reference are used to indicate like parts throughoutthe several figures.

The machine is secured to a table or other suitable support by means ofscrews passed forming mechanism will twist the stick into through thebase of the frame A.

The upper face of the frame or standard is cut away to receive a beveledwheel, B, which is operated by ajournal, B, that is mounted in theboxing 011 the top of the frame and driven by a pulley, H.

At a right angle to the journal 13 or transversely across the frame isplaced a tube, 0, operating in a suitable boxing, and to the outer endof which is attached a beveled wheel or gear, B which meshes with thebeveled wheel 13. The tube or pipe 0 does not extend quite through theframe, and the end thereof is provided with a screw'thread, by

which the sticleforming device is connected, and which will behereinafter more fully described.

The feeding, forming, and stick -twisting device consists of the rotarytube 0 and two grooved feeding-rollers, D, the latter being containedwithin a box or casing divided longitudinally, and held in place byscrews. These wheels or rollers are roughened or corrugated on theirperiphery; or slight indentations or lines may be made across the faceof the grooves, so as to bite the roll or stick as it is being formed ordrawn through the stickforming mechanism. These feeding rollers areoperated by the beveled wheels 0 and E through the medium of a spur andpinion, F F, connected to the roller feeding frame, which latter alsooperates two gear-wheels, G G, upon the outer face of the roller frameor casing. The spindles of the latter pass through the casing and thefeeding-rollers, and the spindle of the wheel G passes also through thespur-wheel F and has one end of its bearing in the bracket or framebeneath, while the spindle of the spur passes through the beveled wheelE, and this latter wheel meshes with the beveled wheel 0 011 the innerface of the frame above described.

The stick forming and twisting mechanism is coupled to the end of thetube 0 by a screwcoupling or male and female coupling, and when soconnected and rotation is imparted to the pulley H, gears B B and tube'Othe grooved friction or feeding rollers D D, actuated by the gears O Eand intermediate connections, will move inwardly and draw the stickforward and form it, and at the same time the rotary motion imparted tothe stickthe desired form and carry it along through the tube to theouter side of the machine, to be cut into the desired length for themarket.

It should here be observed that in the use of my machine a large amountof time and labor is saved, and the stick is formed and twisted at oneand the same time.

Having thus described my invention,wl1atI claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. In the manufacture of candy, a feeding, stick-forming, and twistingmechanism consisting, essentially, of a rotary tube and two grooved andserrated wheels or rollers placed in juxtaposition, and operated bytoothed gears and beveled wheels connected to suitable gears mountedupon a standard or frame, whereby a horizontal and feeding and a rotaryor twisting mot-ion is produced, substantially as described.

2. In a machine for the manufacture of stickcandy, the grooved wheels orrollers operating within a suitable easing by means of a spur andpinion, beveled gears, and toothed wheels, and provided with a feedingand guidin g tube connected by a male and female coup ling to a rotarytube, 0, placed transversely across the standard or frame, whereby apasl constructed, arranged, and operating-substan- 1o sage is had forthe stick to pass through the tiallyin the manner herein set forth andspecimachine as it is being formed, as described. fied.

3. In a machinefor the manufacture of stick- In testimony that I claimthe foregoing I 5 candy, the combination and arrangement of havehereunto set my hand and seal.

the grooved Wheels or rollers with the thread- JAMES J. OOUSINS. [L. s.]

eled wheel E, spur and pinion F F, and toothed gears G G, mounted upon asuitable frame,

WILMER BRADFORD,

ed tube or pipe 0 and beveled Wheel 0, bev- \Vitnesses:

i G. W. M. SMITH.

